The wagon got swiped by some dude at school dropoff, so his insurance is paying for me to drive a Tesla for a couple weeks. Model Y. Basic model.
There are some things to get used to, for instance you dont turn the car off. You just put it into park and get out and walk away and it locks itself up. The screen is like learning a new software program. Works well for t gh e mostpart but not what I am looking for when I get in a car. It would be better with some manual a/c controls. Rarely use the brakes at all. Taking foot off accelerator brings the car to a halt more aggressively than I usually brake. The auto steer chirps for no apparent reason sometimes to save me from myself I guess. Handling is like driving a stiffly sprung SUV. Definitely not a luxury ride. Ridiculously quick. I find myself accelerating to speeds I would never consider in the diesel between stop signs for example. The driver assist stuff is all helpful to keep you from running into stuff and make you aware of your surroundings. These cars are going to be involved in fewer acceidents than normal cars, for sure. So yes they make speed boring but in general it seems hard to argue with it for a city car: no point source emissions, quiet, crashworthy, less brake dust, cameras all over constantly recording, never go to a gas station or get your oil changed. If you dont need a truck and can spend 50k on a car there are far dumber vehicles to buy for most americans. Radio is truly excellent and kids love the glass roof. I really want one of those new corolla grx things though. 300hp on 1.6L has to be some kind of record for a production car and they probably will not make them very long. Owning a Lexus gx460 for four years has made me a toyota fan. On Tue, Nov 8, 2022, 5:00 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I drove a Tesla model S a couple years ago. Dimitri only says the driving > experience is insipid because he's never driven one. > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:58 PM, OK Don via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Well, some of the EVs have kick-ass > acceleration, till the battery dies. > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:55 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Haha. Well I’m not saying that guys who drive EVs are gay, I’m suggesting > > that they might be wusses. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Nov 8, 2022, at 6:26 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > are you sure? That appears to be a woman he is kissing. > > > > > >> On 08/11/2022 5:17 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
